Shipping box for chickens



F. W. RUEBENSAAL SHIPPING Box Fon cHIcKENs Fi Nov, 16, 1926 2Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 led Nov.

F. W. RUEBENSAAL SHIPPING BOX FOR CHICKENS Oct. 25, 1927.

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ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 25, 1927.

FRED W. BUEBENSAAL, F ROOKIE-ORD, ILLINOIS.

SHIPPING BOX FOR CHICKENS.

Application led November 16,l 1926. Serial No. 148,752.

This invention relates to boxes for shipping young chickens.

An object of the invention isthe provision of a box for shippingpurposes which s will permit sufc'ient circulation of air in suiricientto prevent the small chickens from escaping from said box.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description, in view of the accompanying drawingsforming a part of the specification; nevertheless it is to be understoodthat the invention isnot coriined to the disclosure, being susceptibleof such changes and modications which shall define no material departurefrom the salient features of theinvention as expressed in the y appendedclaims.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a pair of shipping boxesconstructed in accordance with the principles of my invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same,

Figure 3 is a view in perspective of the bottom plan view of a closurefor the boxes, and

Figure 4 is a horizontal section of one of the boxes.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 10 designates a lower boxand 11 an upper box. The lower box has an open upper end which is closedby a top or cover 12. The central portion of the cover is removed, asshown at 13, to provide an opening for the circulation of air. Securedto the outer face of the top and at opposlte sides of the opening 13 area pair of cleats 14 upon which is adapted to rest a bottom 15 of the box11.

The upper box is also provlded with a cover 16 provided with dependingflanges 17 which embrace the upper portion of the side and end walls ofthe box. The cover of this box is provided with an opening 18. Cleats 19are located upon opposite sides of the opening and are adapted preventpackages or other boxes being 1a1d 1n close contact with the opening 18to prevent circulation of the air in the compartments of the box. Asheet of wire netting 20 is stretched across the opening 18 and issecured to the top 16 adjacent the periphery of the opening. This screenpermits the eirculation of air but will prevent the chickens fromescaping from the box.

As shown. more particularly in Figure 1 each of the tops is providedwith a plu rality of openings 21 and 22 to permit greater circulation ofair while openings 23 and 24 in the end and side walls respectively ofthe upper and lower boxes also -provide for the draftZJ of air passingthrough the sides of the box to the upper regions and either out throughthe openings 21 or 22 or through lthe opening 18 of the cover 16.

Referring more particularly to Figures 2 and 4 it w1ll be seen that eachof the shiplping boxes are divided into a plurality of chambers 26 bymeans of a longitudinal partition 27 and a transverse partition 28. Thepartition 27 is provided with flanges 2S) adapted to be secured to theend walls of the box in any approved manner while the transverse wallshave flanges 30 adapted to be secured to the side walls of the box andthe flanges in each case extend in opposite directions.

The ends 31 of the cleats 14 and 19 project beyond the side walls of theboxes so that they will come in contact with other packages or parcelsand aid in spacing the boxes from said parcels so that circulation ofair will be insured for the chickens. As shown in Fig. 1 two boxes areplaced with the base of one resting on the cleats 14 of a lower box. Acord 32 is then applied around the boxes and tied securely when theboxes are ready for shipment. It will be seen by this construction thatthe air will be able to circulate through the space between the boxes 10and 11 by reason of the thickness of the cleats 14. Provision is alsomade for additional circulation of air by reason of the openings 23 and24 in the side and end walls of the boxes. Furthermore, as shown in Fig.1, openings 21 and 22 are provided .in the top to insure sucientcirculation of the air to maintain the life of the chickens.

1. A device of the character described comprising a pair o' shippingboxes, with one box ocated in ysuperimposed relation with the other box,said boxes having at the upper end thereof an opening, a removable coverfor the open end, each cover being provided With an opening therein,cleats secured toeach cover and having one edge dis posed adjacent anedge of the'opening, the opening in the cover of the superimposed boxhaving a screen extending across thereof and secured -to the inner faceof the cover the opening in the lower box being located in protectedrelation by the bottom of the 20 the upper end thereof an opening, aremovable cover for the open end, each cover being provided With anopening therein, cleats secured to each cover and having oneedgedisposed Aadjacent an edge of the opening, the opening in the cover ofthe superimposed box having a screen extending across thereof andsecured to the inner face of the cover, the opening in the lower boxbeing located in protected relation by the bottoni of the su perimposedbox and spaced from said box by the cleats secured to the cover thereof,the boxes being provided with side Walls having openings therethroughfor the circulation of air, each of the boxes being provided Withpartitions, each partition having flanges at the opposite end thereofwith one flange bent at a right angle to the partition and extending inan opposite direction from the fiange of the other end.

' FRED W. RUEBENSAAL,

